The Gatekeepers’ Panic

The Gatekeepers’ Panic

Remember 2005? It wasn’t that long ago. George W. Bush started his second term in office. The Iraq War entered its third year. Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became Iraq’s President, and pressed forward with a nuclear program...
Remembering AOL

Remembering AOL

A bit over 20 years ago, social media was dominated by one company: America Online (AOL). It was a monster, and if you weren’t on AOL, you weren’t one of the cool kids. AOL’s market cap in December, 1999 was $222B (about $350B today). A month later,...
Modern Monetary Stupidity

Modern Monetary Stupidity

An economic notion, Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), has been pulled from the dustbin of history to serve as the foundation for a set political doctrines and proposals currently being espoused by the progressives in America. The word “theory” is the...
SALT Follies, Revisited

SALT Follies, Revisited

We hear it all the time: Republicans support “tax breaks for the rich,” Democrats want the rich to pay “their fair share.” All this makes great fodder for those who don’t bother to inform themselves of the realities of our tax code, and...